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The new health care system, everything you need to know, David Nather

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The new health care system

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David Nather

everything you need to know

Overview: Now that the health care reform bill has become the law of the land, millions of Americans will need help figuring out exactly how the new system will work and how it might affect their lives. This guide will teach people how the new health care exchanges are supposed to work. In an easy, conversational manner, David Nather makes a complicated system easier to understand by answering all your questions. Such as: How to apply for help in paying for insurance?; Will your healthcare change if you work for a big company or a small company?; How will the legislation affect you if you receive individual insurance, if you're uninsured, or if you are on Medicare?; What new protections are you supposed to get from the worst health insurance practices?; Why did Congress decided everyone should be required to get health insurance? For people who aren't lawyers or policy wonks, but simply want to make sense of what to expect in their own lives, this book will be a must-read

Introduction -- How health insurance works -- Fixing the insurance market -- Everyone has to have health coverage -- Getting help paying for coverage -- What employers have to do -- New health insurance exchanges -- What's left of the public option? -- While you're waiting-- -- Medicare changes -- Expansion of Medicaid -- Long-term care -- Preventive care and wellness -- Who decides what care you get? -- How they'll cut costs -- How they'll pay for it -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Health care system